Solus V2

[inkydigit]

tweaked version of my previous post....(cow skull from www.Artec3d.com, klas's tree, lightning's grasses and mr lamppost's bushes - thanks!)
gamma corrected exr in ps/jpegged....thanks for dropping by!

[FrankB]

It's nice but I don't "buy" the rocks, Jason
They don't look like rocks, more like piles of mud that have dried out. I think I can nail it down to that the slope of there sides is too uniform. I think additional pan cake effect and tallness will help here. Some color variation will improve them further.
I also like the cirrus!

cheers,
Frank

[inkydigit]

cheers Frank...I never really understood (or experimented) much about the "pancake effect"...I will re-jig the (bigger) stones some for the next scene...I am getting some progress with a method of colouring the stones, but it is not perfect (yet!)... again,  just too subtle!!!
I may have to go back to the drawing board!
one shader set for the general rock surface(s) with a simple modifier for single or groups of stones??
don't really know yet...
I will keep you posted!

edit:
btw glad you liked the cirrus!!!
if I get around to it I may post a clipfile...after the weekend...

[Luc]

Nice picture,

But I wonder if it wouldn't look better with the skull more on the right (or left), I mean not aligned with the tree as it is.

Else I agree with Frank about rocks/stones

luc

[inkydigit]

thanks Lukas and Luc, I agree, maybe the placement of the skull is 'too' contrived?
I thought about it on the right hand side, but the rock shadows were in the way....maybe I will return to this...

cheers
J

[inkydigit]

for anyone that might be interested, here is a clip file that I used to create the clouds in this image:

http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=13218.0


enjoy!
J

[:)]

who made skull model not knowing how skull looks. horns on skull not smoothly into head, is breaks where was skin and fur, narrowing there
oh, but I like rocks, just make color little different. and take one bush from on rock.

[inkydigit]

who made skull model not knowing how skull looks. horns on skull not smoothly into head, is breaks where was skin and fur, narrowing there
oh, but I like rocks, just make color little different. and take one bush from on rock.

thanks The One!
the skull model was not 'made' as such, but scanned with a 3D scanner, check the original link in my first post....